Ann L. Coyell
          1900

Estate of Ann L. Coyell 1900
From LDS Microfilm #2057448

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in the office of the Chief Clerk and Registrar from the day of the date thereof to the present date and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
          St. Johns June 4^th 1900

Geo. J. Adams
A.C.S.C.

Notice

Three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honourable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honourable the judges thereof for letters of administration c.t.a. to the estate and effects of Ann L. Coyell late of Toronto in the Dominion of Canada widow deceased to be granted to Sophia Coyell at present of St. John's spinster.
          St. John's, May 29^th 1900
D.M.B.                              Knight & Blandford
                                           Solicitor for applicant

          To the Honorable the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, or to one of the Honorable the Judges thereof.

          The petition of the undersigned Alfred Coyell of Toronto in the Dominion of Canada, Executor of the Will of Ann Coyell, late of Toronto, deceased.

HUMBLY  SHEWETH

1. That the said Ann L. Coyell died at Toronto in the Dominion of Canada on the second day of April, A.D. 1900 having made her last Will and Testament, copy of which is hereto annexed in the Probate thereof :-
2. That under the said Will and by renunciation of a co-executor, Your Petitioner has been appointed sole-Executor
3. That Probate to the said Will was on the Twelfth day of May, A.D. 1900, granted by the Surrogate Court of the County of York and Province of Ontario at Toronto, aforesaid, to your Petitioner as Executor as aforesaid
4. That at the time of her death Testatrix was possessed of property in Newfoundland described in schedule marked "B" on the other side hereof of the Probate value of $20.00 or thereabouts :-
5. That appended hereto marked "A" is the Probate of said Will.
6. That no administration to the estate of said deceased has been granted in Newfoundland

          Petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration cum testamento annexo may be granted out of your Honorable Court to Sophia Coyell, spinster, in Newfoundland.
          And as in duty bound your Petitioner will ever pray, &c,
          Dated at Toronto this 19^th day of May, A.D. 1900;

R.G. S????                              Alfred Coyell
                                                Barrister
                                                Toronto

-B-

Schedule "B" referred to in Petition

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

In the Estate of Ann L. Coyell deceased

Inventory and Valuation of the Property of the said Deceased.

Dominion of Canada         I, Alfred Coyell,
Ontario                              of Toronto, aforesaid, the party
County of York -                in the foregoing Petition named,
                                           make oath and say as follows:-

1. That the Contents of this said Petition are correct and true.
2. That the paper writings marked "A" are the Probate of said will.
3. That I am the Executor in the said Will named and that the above schedule "B" if to the best of my knowledge, information and belief a just and true inventory of the property of said deceased in Newfoundland at the time of her death as far as I can at present ascertain.

Sworn before me at Toronto                                        Alfred Coyell
aforesaid, this 21^st day of
May, A.D. 1900.
N. W. Horles?
A commissioner for taking affidavits in Newfoundland

Supreme Court of
Newfoundland

In the Estate of Ann L.
Coyell, deceased

P E T I T I O N

Fiat for Adm'n c.t.a.
as prayed, usual
security providing

June 4 . 1900

Bigelow & Blandford
St. Johns
Solicitors

CANADA                              (Seal of government of Ontario)

Exhibit "A" referred to in the petition and affidavit of Alfred Coyell hereunto annexed

In her Majesty's Surrogate Court
of the County of York

Be it known that on the twelfth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred, the last Will and Testament of Ann L. Coyell late of the City of Toronto in the County of York, Province of Ontario, Widow, deceased, who died on or about the second day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred, at Toronto, in the County of York and who at the time of her death had a fixed place of abode at Toronto in the said County of York, was proved and registered in the said Surrogate Court, a true Copy of which said last Will and Testament is hereunto written and that the administration of all and singular the property of the said deceased and any way concerning her Will, was Granted by the aforesaid Court to Alfred Coyell of the City of Toronto in the County of York, Builder, one of the Executors named in the said Will he having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same by paying the just debts of the deceased and the Legacies contained in her Will, so far as he is thereunto bound by law and by distributing the residue (if any) of the property according to law, and to exhibit under oath a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said property, and to render a just and true account of his Executor-ship whenever required by law so to do.

(Seal of court)
Joseph Tait
Registrar of the Surrogate Court
of the County of York

Surrogate Court

(Written to the side) 13907
Probate
of the Last Will and Testament
of Ann L. Coyell
late of the City of Toronto
deceased

Enregistered[sic] in
Liber XXVIII
Folio 432
           Fees $2.00
Received
Joseph Tait
Registrar.

EXHIBIT
In the Estate of Ann L. Coyell
This is the Exhibit "A" referred
to in the affidavit of Alfred Coyell
Sworn before me this 21^st day
of May 1900.

S.C.

This is the Last Will and Testament of me Ann L. Coyell of the City of Toronto, Widow.
I REVOKE all Wills and Papers Testamentary heretofore made by me.
I DEVISE all my estate Real and Personal both in possession and in expectancy to my two daughters Belinda Coyell and Sophia Coyell for their own use.
I APPOINT my son Alfred Coyell and my friend Frederick James Smith Executors of this my Will.
DATED at Toronto this Twenty-sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

SIGNED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED
as and for her last Will and
Testament by the said                                                                      Ann L. Coyell
Ann L. Coyell in presence of us
who in her presence at her request
and in presence of each other
have hereunto subscribed our
names as witnesses.

A. G. HODGETTS                    Joseph Tait
HENRY F. CODD

Know all Men by these Presents: THAT WE Sophia Coyell of St. Johns in the Central District Spinster, William J. Barnes of St. Johns aforesaid, Hardware Merchant, and Ethelbert Colton also of St. Johns Cash Keeper in H.M. Customs are jointly and severally bound unto our Sovereign Lady Victoria by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c, in the sum of Six hundred dollars, to be paid to our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors for which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us for the whole, our and each of our executors and administrators, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals.

Dated the          day of          in the year of our Lord 190   .

The Condition of this obligation is such that if the above named Sophia Coyell as administratrix of all the estate and effects, rights and credits of Ann Coyell late of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, formerly of St. Johns in the Electoral District of St. Johns in the Island of Newfoundland, Widow deceased, (who died on or about the Second day of April A.D. 1900) do, when lawfully called on in that behalf, make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come into the hands, possession or knowledge of her the said Sophia Coyell or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for her and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, into the Registry of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, whenever required by law so to do, and the same estate and effects, rights and credits, and all other estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased at the time of her death which at any time after shall come into the hands or possession of her the said Sophia Coyell or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for her, do well and truly administer according to law, that is to say, do pay the debts which the said deceased did owe at her decease, and then the Legacies contained in the said Will annexed to the said Letters of Administration to the said Sophia Coyell committed, so far as such property will thereunder extend and the law bind her,  and further, do make, or cause to be made, a full true and just account of her said administration within twelve months or sooner if thereunto required, and all the rest and residue of the property shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons as shall be by law entitled thereto; then the obligation to be void and of no effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered                                        Sophia Coyell
in the presence of                                                           Wm. Jno Barnes
Geo. J. Adams                                                              Ethelbert Colton
Clerk

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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In the Estate of Ann Coyell late of Toronto in the Province of Ontario, but formerly of St. Johns Widow deceased, We William J. Barnes of St. Johns Hardware Merchant and Ethelbert Colton of same place Cash Keeper  severally make oath and say: that we are the proposed sureties on behalf of the intended administratrix with the Will annexed, of all and singular the estate and effects, rights and credits of Ann Coyell deceased, in the within bond named, for the faithful administration of the said estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased; and I the said William J. Barnes for myself make oath and say: that I am worth property to the amount of Six hundred dollars, over and above all incumbrances and over and above what will pay my just debts, and every other sum for which I am now bail, or for which I am liable as surety or endorser or otherwise, and I the said Ethelbert Colton for myself make oath and say, that I am worth property to the amount of Six hundred dollars over and above what will pay my just debts and every other sum for which I am now bail or for which I am liable as surety or endorser or otherwise.

The above named William J. Barnes                                                  Ethelbert Colton
and Ethelbert Colton were severally                                                  Wm. Jno. Barnes
sworn before me, this Fourth day of
July A.D. 1900, at St. Johns 
in the Electoral District of St. Johns

Geo. J. Adams
Clerk

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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In the Estate of Ann L. Coyell formerly of St. Johns, Widow DECEASED.

I Sophia Coyell of St. Johns in the Electoral District of St. Johns in the Island of Newfoundland, Spinster, make oath and say that I believe the paper writing hereto annexed and marked by me to contain a copy of the true and original last Will and Testament of Ann Coyell formerly of St. Johns in the Electoral District of St. Johns, in the Island aforesaid Spinster deceased; and that I will well and faithfully administer the estate and effects, rlghts and credits of the said deceased, by paying her just debts and the legacies contained in the said Will, and distributing the residue of the said estate and effects, rights and credits, according to law; that I will exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said estate and effects, rights and credits, and render a just and true account thereof whenever required by law so to do; that the said deceased at the time of her death, had a fixed place of abode in Toronto in the Dominion of Canada and that the gross value of the said estate and effects, rights and credits of the deceased is three hundred dollars and no more according to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Sworn at S. Johns in the
Electoral District of S. Johns                                                  Sophia Coyell
on the 20^th day of June
A.D. 1900, before me

Geo. J. Adams
Actg Chief Clerk

In the Supreme Court

In re
Ann L. Coyell
deceased

OATH OF ADMINISTRATOR
with the Will annexed

Administration granted on the 4^th
day of July 1900

Sureties
William J. Barnes
Ethelbert Colton

Value of Estate $ 300.00

June 7??